Humidity dropped to 26%! Please help

Zayan

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Oct 9, 2020
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Hello, I am on day 4 of incubating silkie chickens and the humidity dropped all the way to 26%. It was below 45% from 8am to 4pm! Are the eggs okay or are they all dead? What are my chances? Someone please respond I’m freaking out
 
I keep my humidity 35-40 % and never had any issues. You don't want your humidity too high. What are you keeping it at?
50-55% Thats what it says online. I have been having lots of trouble incubating. My temp was too high... It when up to 39C for like an hour. I am just going to candle them on day 7 and hope for the best. Its day 5 now
 
Temperature is definitely a more pressing issue than humidity. I wish you luck, but I wouldn't expect eggs that hot to hatch.
 
I think you are OK.
Please remember that humidity is not a set number. In nature, ambient humidity can vary from 20% in an arid climate to 100% when a rain storm comes in. A hen sitting tight on a nest will retain much of the humidity resulting from evaporation through the porosity of the shells.
You really aren't trying to achieve a set humidity, you are trying to achieve about 13% weight loss through incubation. What the humidity is from day to day really doesn't matter.
As for temperature, I don't think 39C temporarily was a problem. That is only 102.2 and not necessarily internal egg temperature, which is what really matters. You never want to go over 40C for any length of time.
Silkie eggs, being smaller, will be affected by temperature fluctuations more than larger eggs.
All that temperature discussion is assuming you have an extremely accurate thermometer. Don't rely on the reading on the incubator, or a random thermometer, they are most likely wrong.
 

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